Differential Diagnosis in Surgery

This manual is a comprehensive guide to differential diagnosis in surgery. Divided into fifteen sections, it covers numerous different disorders including swellings, ulcers, constipation, jaundice and gangrene.

Emphasis is placed on the importance of history taking, physical examination and investigations, to help students differentiate between possible physical and clinical signs and make an accurate diagnosis.

Presented in a quick reference, bullet point format, this book includes more than 250 clinical photographs, figures, tables and flow charts.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to differential diagnosis in surgery
• Covers numerous disorders
• Emphasis on history taking, physical examination and investigations for accurate diagnosis
• Includes more than 250 photographs, figures, tables and flow charts

1. Differential Diagnosis of Swellings
2. Differential Diagnosis of Organomegaly
3. Differential Diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy
4. Differential Diagnosis of Ulcers
5. Differential Diagnosis of Pain
6. Differential Diagnosis of Dyspepsia
7. Differential Diagnosis of Dysphagia
8. Differential Diagnosis of Constipation
9. Differential Diagnosis of Jaundice
10. Differential Diagnosis of Bleeding
11. Differential Diagnosis of Urinary Retention
12. Differential Diagnosis of Swollen Limb
13. Differential Diagnosis of Gangrene
14. Differential Diagnosis of Testicular Atrophy and Impotence
15. Differential Diagnosis of Gynecomastia

Mahmoud Sakr MD PhD FACS
Professor of Surgery, Chief of Head and Neck and Endocrine Surgery Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Egypt